_The lower world consists of seven
infernal earths namely Ratnaprabha, Sharkaraprabha, Baluprabha, Pankaprabha, Dhumaprabha,
Tamahprabha and Mahatamahprabha, one below the other, surrounded by three kinds of air
and space.

_In these earths there are thirty
lakh, twenty-five lakh, fifteen lakh, ten lakh, three lakh, one lakh less five and only
five infernal abodes respectively.

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Naraka
nitya shubtara leshya parinam deha vedana vikriya

The thought colouration, thought
activity, body, suffering and shape of body are incessantly more and more inauspicious
in succession among the infernal beings in the first infernal earth to the seventh
infernal earth.

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Parasparodiritaduhkhah

They cause pain and suffering to one
another.

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Sanklishtasurodiritaduhkhashcha
prakchaturthyah

_Pain is also caused by the
incitement of malevolent asura-kumaras prior to the fourth earth i.e. in the first to
the third earths.

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Tesveka-tri-sapta-dasha-saptadasha-dvavinshati-

trayastrinshat-sagaropama
sattvanam para sthitih

_The maximum life span of the
infernal beings in the first to seventh infernal earths is one, three, seven, ten,
seventeen, twenty-two and thirty-three sagar respectively.

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Jambudvipa-lavanodadayah
shubhanamano dvipa-samudrah

_Jambudvipa etc. and Lavanoda etc.
are the auspicious names of the continents and the oceans respectively.

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Dvirdvirvishkambhah
purva-purva-parikshepino valayakratayah

_Each of the continent is encirled
by an ocean and each ocean is encircled by a continent. Each continent and ocean is
circular and has a diameter twice that of the immediately preceeding ocean or continent.

_Jambudvipa continent, which is
round and one hundred thousand yojanas in diameter, is at the center of these oceans and
the continents. Mount Meru is at the centre of this continent like the navel in the
body.

_The colour of these six mountains
are golden like gold, white like silver, red like hot gold, blue like vaidurmani, white
like silver and golden like gold respectively.

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Manivichitraparshva
upari mule cha tulya-vistarah

_Those mountains are of equal width
at the foot, in the middle and at the top, and their sides are studded with various
jewels.

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Padma-mahapadma

tiginchha-kesari-

mahapundarika-pundarika
hradasteshamupari

_Padma, Mahapadma, Tiginchha, Kesari,
Mahapundarika and Pundarika respectively are the lakes on the top of these mountains.

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Prathamo
yojanasahastraya-masta- darddhavishkambho hradah

_Padma, the first lake is 1,000
yojanas in length and 500 yojana in breadth.

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Dashayojanavagahah

_Depth of the first lake is ten
yojans.

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Tanmadhye yojanam
pushkaram

_In the middle of this first lake,
there is a lotus of the size of one yojana.

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Taddvigunadviguna
hradah pushkarani cha

_Size of Mahapadma lake and the
lotus in it is double that of Padma lake. Similarly the size of Tiginchha lake and the
lotus is double that of Mahapadma lake. Kesri, Mahapundrika and Pundrika are similar to
Tiginchha, Mahapadma and Padma respectively.

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Tannivasinyo devyah
sri-hri-dhrti-kirti-buddhi-lakshmyah

palyopamasthitayah sasamanika-parishatkah

_Devis called Sri, Hri, Dhriti,
Kirti, Buddhi and Laksmi respectively live with devas of the Samanikas and Parisatkas
varieties in these lotuses. The life time of these devis is one palya.

_The Ganga-the Sindhu, the Rohit-the
Rohitasya, the Harit- the Harikanta, the Sita-the Sitoda, the Nari-the Narakanta, the
Suvarnakula-the Rupyakula and the Rakta-the Raktoda are the seven pairs of two rivers
each flowing across these seven regions.

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Dvayordvayoh purvah
purvagah

_The first of each pair of these
rivers flows eastwards

and fall into the eastern ocean.

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Sheshastvaparagah

_The rest of the rivers are the
western rivers and fall into the western ocean.

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Chaturdasha-nadi-sahastra-parivrata
ganga-sindhvadayo nadyah

_Each of Ganga and Sindhu, the first
pair of rivers, has 14,000 tributaries. The number of tributaries doubles for each pair
of subsequent rivers upto Sita-Sitoda, and thereafter it reduces to half for each pair
of subsequent rivers.

_Regeneration (Utsarpini) and
degeneration (Avsarpini) aeon each has six distinct periods during which the humans in
Bharata and Airavata regions experience the improvement and decline respectively in
their age, body and the materials for their use.

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Tabhyamapara bhumayo (a)vasthitah

_The regions other than Bharata and
Airavata are stable and do not experience change of periods.

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Eka-dvi-tri-palyopamasthitayo
haimavataka-harivarshaka daivakuravakah

_The life span of the human beings
in Haimavata, Hari and Devakuru (an area in the south of the Sumeru) are one, two and
three palyas respectively; body height is 2000, 4000 and 6000 dhanush (1000 dhanush
equal to 1 mile) respectively; take food after one, two and three days respectively;
colour of the body is blue, white and golden respectively. These conditions reflect the
third ï¿½lq"eknq""kek"second ï¿½lq"ek" and first ï¿½lq"eklq"ek"
periods respectively of the degenration aeon (Avsarpini).

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Tathottarah

_The condition is the same in the
north.

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Videheshu
sankhyeyakalah

_In Videhas the lifetime is
numberable years, ranging from seventy lakh fifty six thousand crore years to vUreqZgwrZ
(this is a period anywhere from) a little less than forty eight minutes to little move
than one instant body height 500 dhanush and take food daily. These conditions
correspond to the end of third period of degeneration lq"eknq""kek

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Bharatasya vishkambho
jambu-dvipasya navatishata-bhagah

_The width of Bharata is one hundred
and ninetieth part of that of Jambudvipa.

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Dviradhatakikhande

In Dhatakikhanda regions,
mountains, lakes,

rivers etc are twice that in Jambudvipa.

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Pushkararddhe cha

_Pushkaradvipa is devided into two
halves by the Manushottara mountain. Half of Puskaradvipa towards Dhatakikhanda also has
regions, mountains, lakes, rivers etc. twice that in Jambudvipa.